She seemed like a very sweet little girl. From her actions, it seemed obvious to me that she was not in the habit of attending a worship service – at least not on a regular basis. At various times, she looked at the young lady sitting next to her. Her expression seemed to ask a question. The question may have been, “What does this mean?” It could have been, “What are we doing now?” It was obvious to me that, if it was not one of those two questions, it was something like one of them. It also seemed very obvious to me that she was genuinely interested. I watched…

It is a blessing to participate in Bible classes that are both doctrinally sound and practical. I’ve recently had that privilege. To me, it is always an added bonus when the teacher gets me to think of something I had not really previously considered and/or helps me to consider something from a new perspective. That was the case recently when the teacher was discussing what was actually a minor part of the lesson for that day. While that may have been the case, this point that he made almost in passing has occupied a major part of my thinking since hearing it. I may never “get over it.” In fact,…

I read something a little while ago (I can’t remember where), and one statement within the context made an impact upon me. The statement was, “As long as you can make an impact, why stop?” I jotted it down on a piece of paper and it has been on my desk since I read it. I’ve looked at it several times and thought about it even more. You see, when you are my age, most people begin to slow down and do less because physically it is harder to accomplish what you want to do.  I had really focused on the last two words, but failed to really think about…